2014, ISBN: 9780871135230

Haworth Press, USA, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Unequal social and health care policies in the United States continue to keep the poor disempowered in … Mehr…

Haworth Press, USA, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Unequal social and health care policies in the United States continue to keep the poor disempowered in situations that not only limit their access to health care services, but also the quality of care they receive. An overview of health policies in the U.S., Health and Poverty examines where gaps in social and health care policies exist at the federal, state, and municipal levels; the impact of economic recessions on health care; and how our health policies are inextricably linked with political agendas, economic priorities, and social and cultural values.In an attempt to bridge issues of health, such as health care and administration costs, with issues of social and health policy related to poverty in America, this important book explores the need to make fundamental change to the structure of the medical and health care system. It contends that the incremental modifications our government has taken have not changed regional and economic disparity, granted equal access to services or equal quality of care, or eliminated discrimination. Providing the political and economic context for understanding health care policy issues and concerns related to the poor, Health and Poverty discusses: services and programs that achieve more humane outcomes why our cultural values present the greatest challenge toward developing competent, accessible, and affordable health care for all U.S. residents barriers to health care for the homeless population with HIV patient dumping how many African-American infants and children lack access to primary care physicians or services how the U.S. focuses on who receives medical care, rather than on how medical care is delivered and received trends in states'Medicaid programs the impact of poor working conditions on the physical and emotional health of low-income minority populationsAs Health and Poverty demonstrates, universal health care can only become a reality in the U.S. when reform proposals that divide the public into the "deserving" and the "undeserving" are rejected. Health care is not a privilege, reserved for the middle class and the wealthy. It is a basic human right. Social workers, policymakers, health care educators and providers, and public administrators need to read this book to find out how that right can be guaranteed to all Americans and why current legislation and health care reform proposals are inadequate for meeting the health care needs of countless men, women, and children. 252 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Health::Medical; Medicine & Health; ISBN: 0789002280. ISBN/EAN: 9780789002280. Inventory No: 226303.. 9780789002280, Haworth Press, 1997, 3, National Academies Press, 2011. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Under the aegis of the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council's Committee on Science, Technology, and Law Policy and Global Affairs, a workshop was held in August and September 2009 to bring together physicians, scientists, lawyers, ethicists, patient advocacy groups, industry representatives, and other professionals to educate the public and policy makers about the increasing availability and use of direct-to-consumer genetic testing and determine issues for future study. They identified appropriate policy responses and the technical, legal, policy, and ethical questions raised, including the current state of knowledge and future research path, issues related to shared genes, and the education of the public and medical community. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions and addresses the scientific and ethical foundations for testing, including genomic associations, analytic and clinical validity, and clinical utility; personal and social issues, especially privacy, public awareness and understanding, and the need for broad public education; research and medical issues like informed consent, the role of institutional review boards, and whether customers of testing companies should be considered human research subjects; the impact on health care and public health in terms of economics, physician awareness and education, and genetic counseling; and the legislative and regulatory framework in the US. The report lacks an index. (2011 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR), National Academies Press, 2011, 0, Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal, Tom Shroder. Published by Blue Rider Press, New York, 2014. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 448 pages. Blue boards, white spine and front titles. In unread condition; very light shelf wear to unclipped jacket. "It's no secret that psychedelic drugs have the ability to cast light on the miraculous reality hidden within our psyche. Almost immediately after the discovery of LSD less than a hundred years ago, psychedelics began to play a crucial role in the quest to understand the link between mind and matter. With an uncanny ability to reveal the minds remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness, LSD and MDMA (better known as Ecstasy) have proven extraordinarily effective in treating anxiety disorders such as PTSDyet the drugs remain illegal for millions of people who might benefit from them. Anchoring Tom Shroder's Acid Test are the stories of Rick Doblin, the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), who has been fighting government prohibition of psychedelics for more than thirty years; Michael Mithoefer, a former emergency room physician, now a psychiatrist at the forefront of psychedelic therapy research; and his patient Nicholas Blackston, a former Marine who has suffered unfathomable mental anguish from the effects of brutal combat experiences in Iraq. All three men are passionate, relatable people; each flawed, each resilient, and each eccentric, yet very familiar and very human. Acid Test covers the first heady years of experimentation in the fifties and sixties, through the backlash of the seventies and eighties, when the drug subculture exploded and uncontrolled use of street psychedelics led to a PR nightmare that created the drug stereotypes of the present day. Meticulously researched and astoundingly informative, this is at once a personal story of intertwining lives against an epic backdrop, and a compelling argument for the unprecedented healing properties of drugs that have for decades been characterized as dangerous, illicit substances"., Blue Rider Press, 2014, 5, New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 241 pages; Description: xiii, 241 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Women's health services --United States --Gynecologist and patient --Gynecology --Delivery of Health Care --Physician-Patient Relations --Women.., New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992, 5<

2014, ISBN: 9780871135230

Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal, Tom Shroder. Published by Blue Rider Press, New York, 2014. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 448 pages. Blue boards, white spine and front titles. In un… Mehr…

Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal, Tom Shroder. Published by Blue Rider Press, New York, 2014. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 448 pages. Blue boards, white spine and front titles. In unread condition; very light shelf wear to unclipped jacket. "It's no secret that psychedelic drugs have the ability to cast light on the miraculous reality hidden within our psyche. Almost immediately after the discovery of LSD less than a hundred years ago, psychedelics began to play a crucial role in the quest to understand the link between mind and matter. With an uncanny ability to reveal the minds remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness, LSD and MDMA (better known as Ecstasy) have proven extraordinarily effective in treating anxiety disorders such as PTSDyet the drugs remain illegal for millions of people who might benefit from them. Anchoring Tom Shroder's Acid Test are the stories of Rick Doblin, the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), who has been fighting government prohibition of psychedelics for more than thirty years; Michael Mithoefer, a former emergency room physician, now a psychiatrist at the forefront of psychedelic therapy research; and his patient Nicholas Blackston, a former Marine who has suffered unfathomable mental anguish from the effects of brutal combat experiences in Iraq. All three men are passionate, relatable people; each flawed, each resilient, and each eccentric, yet very familiar and very human. Acid Test covers the first heady years of experimentation in the fifties and sixties, through the backlash of the seventies and eighties, when the drug subculture exploded and uncontrolled use of street psychedelics led to a PR nightmare that created the drug stereotypes of the present day. Meticulously researched and astoundingly informative, this is at once a personal story of intertwining lives against an epic backdrop, and a compelling argument for the unprecedented healing properties of drugs that have for decades been characterized as dangerous, illicit substances"., Blue Rider Press, 2014, 5, New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 241 pages; Description: xiii, 241 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Women's health services --United States --Gynecologist and patient --Gynecology --Delivery of Health Care --Physician-Patient Relations --Women.., New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992, 5<